Just when you think Brazil has turned the corner and rejected a corrupt political class, you find out the slate of presidential candidates for October’s national elections. The most popular candidate is an incarcerated criminal ex-president, with a further six charges pending. The precious couple of change-makers in the race have a near-zero chance of […]

Let’s do a little thought experiment. Imagine a media report alleges that a long-time driver, or a housekeeper, or a gardener who works for the Trump family is a Russian spy and says that the FBI confirmed the allegation. Then, suppose, President Trump writes this tweet: “The FBI reviewed the matter, shared its concerns with […]

During his contentious 1987 confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork told senators that being on the court would be an “intellectual feast.” That’s how I feel sometimes about the phenomenon of Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and the other platforms—labeled “the sharing economy”— that are powered by the extraordinary matching capabilities of the internet. They’re […]

“Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel” credited to former Indiana Congressman Charles Bruce Brownson circa 1964. It used to be vested wisdom that getting into a fight with the media was a sure losing cause. And never was that truism truer than during the 1972-74 Watergate political controversy when Washington Post […]

Independent media are essential to good democratic governance. Albert Speer, Hitler’s minister of armaments, asked on his release from prison in 1966 what lessons he drew from World War 11 and the related deaths of an estimated 50 million people, replied that the catastrophe was primarily the result of Germans losing their independent press during […]

Want to win a political argument? Accuse your opponent of hurting children. That’s the lesson behind two recent studies regarding the well-being of America’s babies. A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund finds that America’s infant mortality rate is only slightly better than Sri Lanka’s. The left seized this finding to call for […]

As a teenager, every year I had to sit in indoctrination classes on “scientific socialism.” This ersatz science was invented by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as a theory to explain the processes of transforming society from capitalism to communism, to define the “laws” of the revolution that would occur, and to describe the tactics […]

A controversy erupted when The New York Times revealed it had hired Sarah Jeong to join its editorial board. When Jeong’s hiring was announced on Aug. 1, people familiar with her history began speaking up. And what a history it was! While she was being touted as a crack tech reporter and commentator on digital media, […]

News Analysis In an “under the radar” result in Michigan, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Rashida Tlaib has won the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. Without a Republican opponent, Tlaib is virtually guaranteed a seat in Congress. In the final days of the campaign, Rashida Tlaib received the support of fellow DSA […]

Western Canadian bus riders have received an early Halloween scare: As of Oct. 31, 2018, Greyhound won’t offer passenger routes west of Ontario. For the company, it means 415 fewer employees and two million fewer passenger rides each year. For bus riders in remote areas, a vital link has been cut. Some advocates want the […]

Commentary When Jon McNaughton unveiled his new painting “Crossing the Swamp” on July 31, he probably wasn’t expecting to get as much attention as he did, including over 14,000 Twitter comments, 20,000 likes, and news coverage from major outlets like Fox News, USA Today, and ABC News. What the incident reveals is a new awakening […]

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s leader from 1980 to 2017, has become a sad symbol of despotism and self-enrichment. The regime that he and his coterie put in place transformed Africa’s breadbasket into a tragic wasteland of hunger and malnutrition, disease, and hyperinflation. The “robbery despotism” system operated with total disregard for any rule of law. After […]

Many people regard the welfare state as a great achievement of civilization. Yet, few recognize that the larger the welfare state becomes, the more the beneficiaries themselves must bear the growing costs. The beneficiaries must pay for what they receive and also bear the administrative expenses. Further, taxpayers in general must pay for the rent-seeking […]

Video footage of verbal sparring between Jim Acosta of CNN and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Aug. 2 went viral on the internet. In the clip, Acosta demands Sanders say that the press is not the enemy of the people. Sanders, in response, recounts the attacks and harassment she has received from the […]

Those who follow events in Venezuela have been wondering for months how long the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro can last and how much worse the economic and social crisis can get. Many experts predicted that the Maduro regime would fall in a matter of months. I previously suggested that the end would come only […]

News Analysis As attention focuses on Iran and the sanctions President Donald Trump has put back in place, it’s worth revisiting events leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—known as the Iranian nuclear deal. On Feb. 9, 2010, Iran began the crucial step of producing 20 percent enriched uranium. In response, the U.N. […]

Cracks have already appeared for Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). While his inauguration is still four months away, the National Electoral Institute has fined his political party $10 million for campaign-finance violations. Even if he personally escapes prosecution, this example is merely the trickle before the dam bursts. Unfortunately for Mexico, the river […]

The White House has proposed removing security clearances for former heads of intelligence agencies, specifically those who have publicly and aggressively attacked not just President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, but his loyalty to the country he leads, and have, conveniently, monetized their criticisms. Those primarily in that limelight are former Director of National Intelligence James […]

For the second time since the last U.S. election, there’s a growing effort to impose a carbon tax on Americans. Surprisingly, this effort is being led not by the environmentalist left, but by conservative organizations and a small group of Republican legislators. The timing is certainly interesting, given that the United States this year posted […]

One of the central “policy problems” faced in modern societies is population growth. I used the scare quotes because it’s not clear that population is a state issue at all, much less a problem. Population, after all, is the sum of the consequences of millions of individual actions, some of them choices and some just […]

Let’s do a thought experiment. Suppose in 2023 we are informed that 5 years earlier, in 2018, a top staffer of California Rep. Devin Nunes was discovered to be a Russian spy. And this Russian spy had been working for Nunes ever since he entered the Congress. We are told further that after this spy […]

In an interview with the Vatican News service published on July 4, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said, “The climate crisis is now the biggest existential challenge humanity has ever faced.” We often hear that man-made climate change is our greatest threat. But according to the latest Gallup poll, very few people in the United States actually believe […]

Alexandra Robbins is an overachiever. She graduated summa cum laude—the highest distinction—from Yale only to realize on the very day of graduation that it didn’t mean anything to her. Being a typical overachiever, she had equated her self-worth to her goal to such an extent that it had taken precedence over everything else. Her pursuit […]

The United Nations is promoting an agenda that is being used to transform American life and property rights around the country. While the brave new world promised by the U.N. may be visible in two communities in Virginia, a hamlet in Alabama gives hope that Americans can fight back and win against the powerful interests […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came to office In 2016 with a jarring vision for his country’s geopolitical orientation: He would distance Manila from Washington and align it with Beijing. This plan was never realistic for true realignment and would be a complex undertaking beyond the power of one president. However, Duterte has succeeded in repositioning […]

As trade tensions between Canada and the United States over North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations continue, and U.S. President Donald Trump places Canada’s protection of various sectors of its agricultural industry front and centre, Canadian policy-makers would be well advised to learn lessons from their Commonwealth cousins in Australia about phasing out supply management. […]

People want the easy life, the simple life, with predetermined expectations, predictability, and mundane repetitiveness. This is what existed for the workforce back in the 1960s and ’70s. But they want to be heard, made to feel important, recognized for their achievements, empowered, rewarded, appreciated, and respected. There are two battles here: the inward battle, […]

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